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Chapter 1: Introduction: Innovation and Entrepreneurial Capacities as Facilitators of Sustainable Development in sub-Saharan Africa's Informal Economy Ibidunni, A.S.; Ogundana, O.M.; and Olokundun, M.A. -- Section One: Sub-Saharan Africa's Informal Entrepreneurship Ecosystem -- Chapter 2. Jump On The Bandwagon: Finding Our Place in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Discourse Oladele, S.; Adigun, O.; and Laosebikan, J. -- Chapter 3: Small and Medium Enterprises Sustainability Strategies beyond the Periods of Environmental Shocks: Evidence from a Developing Economy Agbi, B.D. and Ibidunni, A.S. . – Chapter 4: Motivating entrepreneurial activities to achieve sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa Onoshakpor, C. and Ogundana, O.M. -- Chapter 5: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the Role of Telecom Multinationals in Achieving SDG 9 in Developing Economies Umoru, U; Udie, J. A; and Udeozor, V. -- Section Two: Innovations in Entrepreneurship Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 6: Towards an Integrative Model of Innovative Entrepreneurship Education for Institutional Sustainability Ogbari, M.E.; Chima, G.U.K.; Olanrewaju, F.O.; Olokundun, M.A.; and Ufua, D.E. -- Chapter 7: Informality in Africa In Relation To Sustainable Development Goals and 9: Framework For Innovation And Sustainable Industrialization Amuda, M.O.H. -- Chapter 8: Transportation and Economic Development: Advancing Technological Innovation and Sustainability in the Transportation Sector of a Developing Nation Olowogbon, T.S.; Fakayode, S.B.; and Adebisi, L.O. -- Chapter 9: Drivers of Eco-Innovation among Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria Popoola, O.A. and Popoola, G.O. -- Chapter 10: Open Innovation across The Innovation Value Chain: An African Perspective Mdaka, L. E. and Longweni, M. -- Chapter 11: Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Institutions on Innovative Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan African Countries Olarinde, M.O. and Auta, S. -- Section Three: Economic Impact of Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 12: Microfinance as a Vehicle for Zero Poverty and Gender Equality in Nigeria Ude, D.K. -- Chapter 13: Financial Inclusion and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa Region Achugamonu, B.U.; Akintola, A.F.; Owolabi, F.; and Isibor, A. -- Chapter 14: Adaptiveness of MSMEs during Times of Environmental Disruption: Exploratory Study of Capabilities-Based Insights from Nigeria Ibidunni, A.S.; Ayeni, A.A.W.; and Otokiti, B. -- Chapter 15: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: A Leadership Framework Opute, A.P.; Irene, B.O.; Jawad, C.; and Agupusi, P. -- Chapter 16: Conclusion: Informal Economy as a Springboard for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development in sub-Saharan Africa Ibidunni, A.S.; Ogundana, O.M.; and Olokundun, M.A.

Foundations -- Theory Development in Digital Government Research Status and Ways Forward -- Principles for the Secure Exchange of Sensitive Data Across Classified Networks A Data centric Approach -- Conceptualising Public Value A generative versus an institutional approach -- Do virtual meetings lead to more gender equal debates A Case Study of Swedish Local Government Council Meetings -- A Systematic Literature Review on determinants strategic management process and outcomes of Strategic Information Systems SIS implementation in public administration -- Digital transformation -- Economic Crisis and Government Digital Transformation Some Positive Evidence -- Five Bureaucratic Roles in the Age of Digital Transformation Insights from Scandinavian Public Organizations -- Stakeholder engagement and the use of digital tools in strategy processes in Swiss municipalities -- Trust in Times of Cyber Crisis Understanding Organizational Trust Repair in the Public Sector -- Consumer Engagement Potentials in the Digitalization Process of Power System -- Public Services -- Unveiling the Invisible Caseworkers Data Work in a Public Welfare Organization -- From Digital Hopes to Governance Gaps The Double Edged Sword of Public Service Ecosystems -- What public services are suitable for digitalization a classification of public service characteristics -- Automation in Social Care A case study of organizational challenges and skills dynamics in three Swedish municipalities -- AI in government -- Automated Decision making in the Public Sector A multidisciplinary literature review -- Preparing public agencies for harnessing AI a study on variables shaping business to government information sharing infrastructures -- RPA and Robot Imaginaries in Swedish Local Government Terminator or Colleague of the Month -- A large language model agent based legal assistant for governance applications -- The Readiness of the Public Sector to Implement AI A Government Specific Framework -- Examining Value Creation in Public Sector AI Implementation -- Open government -- The Needs Wants and Wishes of the Open Government Data Idea The Emergence of a New Understanding -- Learning designs for developing Open Data competencies in elementary school -- Internal vs External Influences What Drives Open Government Data Use -- Emerging topics -- Interoperability for Emerging Technologies A Systematic Scoping Review -- From the evolution of public data ecosystems to the evolving horizons of the forward looking intelligent public data ecosystem empowered by emerging technologies -- Epistemic Injustice and Government Information Systems Lessons from Two Cases -- Navigating through the Unknowns Organizational Readiness Assessment Model for Quantum safe Transition -- Innovation Frames Governments making sense of new decentralizing technologies -- Dynamic capabilities in the public sector to deal with GovTech.

In the era of the metaverse, a big challenge permeates the digital landscape-a challenge that resonates both with creators seeking to thrive in this dynamic space and policymakers attempting to navigate its uncharted territories. Creators, driven by innovation, grapple with a myriad of uncertainties in monetizing their virtual content effectively. Simultaneously, policymakers find themselves at a crossroads, caught between the rapid evolution of the virtual realm and the lack of clear regulatory guidelines. This struggle is exacerbated by the issue of cybersecurity threats that cast a shadow over the metaverse's transformative potential. It is within this context of challenges that Creator's Economy in Metaverse Platforms emerges, poised to tackle the pressing issues at the intersection of creativity, regulation, and the ever-expanding metaverse. Creator's Economy in Metaverse Platforms dissects, analyzes, and offers solutions to the multifaceted challenges prevailing in the metaverse. By addressing fundamental questions about the creator economy, the elusive concept of the metaverse economy, and the indispensable role policymakers play, the book provides a holistic understanding of the landscape. Delving into topics such as stakeholder engagement, digital asset management, and the intricacies of various monetization models, it equips readers with actionable insights. Not content with a reactive approach, the book takes a proactive stance, offering solutions to foster interoperability and create an ecosystem where creators and policymakers can mutually thrive. It envisions not just a book but a catalyst for transformative change in the metaverse. Designed for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers grappling with the challenges of the metaverse, Creator's Economy in Metaverse Platforms extends an invitation into the heart of this transformative landscape. For scholars, it unfolds as a comprehensive guide, unraveling the complexities of the metaverse and the implications for creator economies. Practitioners will find in its pages a practical roadmap to enhance creator engagement, navigate monetization models, and foster sustainable growth. Policymakers, standing at the forefront of regulatory uncertainty, will discover a valuable resource that not only examines the challenges but actively contributes to the formulation of effective guidelines. By immersing its readers in the depth of the metaverse's challenges, the book becomes an indispensable resource for those daring to shape the future of this digital frontier

1:Introduction: Intersectional and transnational approaches to gender and citizenship -- Part I: Perspectives and Approaches to Gender and Citizenship -- 2: Global Perspectives on Citizenship and Gender -- 3: The Language of (Un)Becoming: Raciolinguistics and Bordering In Europe -- 4: Decolonizing Trans/Gender Citizenship: Situated Intersections and Regimes of Violence -- 5: Masculinity, Citizenship and Intersectionality -- 6. Gender, Citizenship and Memory Activism – On intersectionality, transnational solidarity and Black Lives Matter -- Part II: Contextualizing gender and citizenship across time place and space -- 7: Re-nationalizing Citizenship in Illiberal Democracies: Central/Eastern Europe: The case of anti-gender movement in Central-Eastern Europe -- 8: Gender, Citizenship, and European Democracy -- 9: Gender and Power in the European Parliament: intersectional and transnational challenges -- 10: Russian LGBT Activists, the 'Foreign Agent Law' and Transnational Memory Politics: Locating agency and acts of citizenship -- 11: Indigenous Citizenship - Gender and Discrimination -- 12: Gender, Citizenship & Public Policy in the Caribbean -- 13: Marching 4 Justice: Gender, Citizenship and Intersectional Struggle in Australia -- 14: Resistance as Citizenship: Exploring the shifting contours of belonging in contemporary India -- 15: Convergences and Divergences: Dynamics of Layered Political Citizenship in Ghana and Uganda -- 16: The Americas: Intersectionality, Women and Violent Politics in the Americas -- 17: Feminist Foreign policy and Feminist Activism in Mexico -- Part III: Contemporary Issues and Challenges -- 18: Contested Citizenship in a Settler Colony: Lessons from Canada/Turtle Island -- 19: Mediated acts citizenship: a post-colonial perspective -- 20: Religion, Gender and Citizenship -- 21: Affective citizenship: Right-wing contestations of women's and gender rights -- 22: Precarious Citizenship: Veiled Muslim Negotiating and Resisting Disenfranchmentin France and Switzerland -- 23: Right-wing populism, gender and neoliberal globalization -- 24: Citizenship and Solidarity in the Age of Identity Politics in South Africa -- 25: Intersex and Trans Citizenship: Insights from Queer Anthropological Literature -- 26: Gendered Academic Citizenship – A Critical Feminist Perspective -- 27: Part IV: Normative debates -- 28: Transgressive Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Everyday Citizenship: Solidarity Activism with Syrian women in Turkey -- 29: Essential Citizenship: Practices of Women Agri-food Workers -- 30: Gender Equality, Development and Global Justice -- 31: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – a Southern perspective -- 32: Post-colonialism and Neocolonialism in LGBT Rights Movements in Asia -- Part V: Future directions for research and concluding remarks.-33: Future directions for research. .

A dramatic narrative that brings President Roosevelt, his allies, and his adversaries to life during his fight to transform America from an isolationist bystander into the world's first superpower. Franklin Roosevelt awoke at 2:50 a.m. on September 1, 1939 to the news that Germany had invaded Poland, signaling the start of World War II. For years the president had warned that Hitler's fascist regime posed an existential threat to democracy. But the American public remained stubbornly isolationist as Fascist sympathizing groups, egged on by right wing media stars promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, plotted to overthrow the president. Newly elected Prime Minister Winston Churchill pleaded with Roosevelt to send arms and supplies to Britain as they fought for their very survival. The situation was dire. Drawing on his popularity after leading the country out of the Great Depression and his skill as an inspiring speaker, FDR advocated unwavering support for England to a war-weary nation. Roosevelt quickly found himself facing an unexpected adversary: Charles Lindbergh. Wildly popular, the famed aviator's youthful charm, plainspoken rhetoric, and media magnetism earned him a massive following as he led an aggressive attack on FDR's policies. Millions listened to his radio broadcasts and attended his rallies. Powerful individuals including William Randolph Hearst, Henry Ford, and members of Congress supported him. The German government provided secret funds to Lindbergh's Nazi followers as he led the radical America First Committee in an effort to prevent Roosevelt from saving England-and the world. Awakening the Spirit of America reveals how Roosevelt overcame the forces aligned against him in a war against fascism. As Paul Sparrow, former director of the FDR Presidential Library, brilliantly shows, FDR's triumph of leadership was by no means a foregone conclusion. Ultimately, Roosevelt's astute political maneuvers and persuasive use of language to preserve what he termed "the spirit of America" changed history and can still inspire today. Sparrow brings readers into the rooms where key decisions were made, focusing on the crucial role words, media, and propaganda played in the transformation of America into a global superpower. Awakening the Spirit of America provides a riveting, inside account of FDR's ultimate victory over American isolationists and provides vital insight into American history and an iconic president.

"The amateur DNA sleuth who solved one of the most infamous cold cases in American history-the Golden State Killer crime spree-tells the incredible true story of how she did it, and explains how her methods have forever changed criminal investigations. In the span of just a few years, Barbara Rae-Venter went from researching her family history as a retiree to finding a serial killer who had baffled law enforcement for decades. I Know Who You Are tracks her improbable journey to becoming the nation's leading authority in investigative genetic genealogy, and to identifying the Golden State Killer-who had evaded authorities for forty-four years-in just sixty-three days. Rae-Venter also details other extraordinary cases that she has worked on, from the first criminal cold case she ever cracked-uncovering the long-lost identity of a child abductee-to the heartbreaking case of the Billboard Boy, which began with unidentified remains dumped along a North Carolina highway. When she looks at DNA data, Rae-Venter sees numbers, percentages, probabilities-but she also sees the very stuff that makes us who we are. Drawing on both her own experiences and insights from all the key players in her investigations, Rae-Venter brings readers inside her unique "grasshopper mind" as she analyzes DNA data; pores through obituaries, marriage records, and old newspapers articles; and envisions different scenarios that bring her closer and closer to her target. She lets readers join in on urgent calls from sheriffs, FBI agents, district attorneys, and researchers, and she takes us inside the struggle to obtain a usable crime scene DNA sample and other unexpected roadblocks that often make the search more difficult. Time and again, Rae-Venter pushes through setbacks, finds new angles of investigation, and uses the most cutting-edge new technology-much of it developed during her search-until, finally, a critical piece of the puzzle suddenly tumbles into place. I Know Who You Are captures the exhilaration of the moment of discovery in cold case investigations, but also the sheer depth of emotion that lingers around these cases and informs Rae-Venter's careful approach to her work. It is a story of relentless curiosity, of constant invention and reinvention, and of recognizing that we may not be who we thought we were"--

This book provides practical guidance on establishing wellbeing services and interventions within policing for all of those working in law enforcement, particularly leaders and HR professionals. It also offers insight, provokes thought, and gives guidance on how to navigate and get the most from working life as a police officer or member of police support staff. With a focus on the modern working environment, the book covers the key concepts, history, and practical advice necessary for all those interested in this fascinating field of law enforcement. As workplaces become ever more complex and ambiguous, and the world of work ever more dynamic, understanding how organizations behave and how those in the workplace are likely to respond is key to bringing meaning and purpose to work, the cornerstone of effective policing. The book details how to effectively measure workplace wellbeing in policing and how to interpret and use findings to make improvements and craft interventions. It is a key text for exploring law enforcement, leadership, and wellbeing within policing for all those involved with law enforcement, as well as HR professionals, occupational health professionals, and critically, those with police line management responsibilities. Ian Hesketh is the Wellbeing Lead at the UK College of Policing and the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the National Police Wellbeing Service in the UK. Ian also supports the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Manchester University Alliance Business School. He is Honorary Fellow at Durham University Business School and a Visiting Fellow at the Open University Business School. His research interests are centred on wellbeing, resilience, and transformation in the context of policing. Sir Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, and Past President of the CIPD, President of the Institute of Welfare, and former President of RELATE. He has been advisor to the Home Office on stress in the police service, carried out studies for the Police Federation and the Superintendents Association and an advisor to the College of Policing on their wellbeing national programme. He is also Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work comprised of 44 global employers

"China's Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) is an ambitious infrastructure project conceived in 2013 by President Xi Jinping with development and investment initiatives stretching from Asia and Europe that reflect the original Silk Road with business networks through countries such as Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as India and Pakistan, spanning a route of more than four thousand miles and history that can be dated back more than 2200 years. Given the background of China's unique approach in fighting the COVID-19, and against the backdrop of sluggish economic growth, innovation and management within the sustainable development of BRI will be the key and the driving force for the post-pandemic economic recovery for many countries, especially when BRI countries now accounts for nearly 30% of China's foreign trade and 15% of outward direct investment. The vision to create a vast network of railways, energy pipelines, highways, and streamlined border crossings to expand the international use of Chinese currency and improve connectivity to China is good foresight and fortuitous with COVID-19 pandemic came to plague the world, and amid in the conflicts between US and China as well as a War between Russia and Ukraine. Since the inception of BRI many books are written to cover topics ranging from globalization to detailing how China's business and politics as a major motivation for China's overseas economic activities with case studies and practices, yet seldom of these books provide structured approach to the sustainable management of BRI projects. This book is about how to manage innovation, sustainability, and business necessary to make BRI works, and how to handle the issues, problems and crisis that may arise thereof. Participants of BRI projects can take many different roles but ultimately it is team effort and leadership for each project. Here the readers will find guidelines and insights to survive and prosper in a myriad of BRI opportunities and risks. Most important of all, this book provides a glimpse of different approach for success in BRI projects, including sustainability, environmental issues, social and political aspects, technological, choice of industry, project management, education and training, governance and many more"--

Safronov's Nietzsche's Political Economy is a pioneering critical appraisal of Nietzsche's critique of industrial culture and its unfolding crisis. The author contends that Nietzsche remains unique in conceptualizing the crisis of modern political economy in terms of the crisis of its governing values. Nietzsche problematizes the values, which not only preside over the unfathomable build-up in debt, the proliferation of meaningless, impersonal slavery and the rise of increasingly repressive social control systems, but inevitably set these precarious trends of modern political economy on a collision course liable to culminate in an unprecedented human and environmental catastrophe. Safronov explores the core themes of Nietzsche's political economy––debt, slavery, and the division of labour––with reference to the influential views of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, as well as against the backdrop of the Long Depression (1873–1896), the first truly international crisis of industrial capitalism, during which most of Nietzsche's work was completed. In Nietzsche's assessment, modern political economy is predicated on the valuations that diminish humankind's prospects and harm the planet's future by consistently enfeebling the present, as long as there is profit to be made from it. Nietzsche's critical insight, which challenges the most fundamental tenet of modern economics and finance, is that in order to build a stronger and intrinsically more valuable future in lieu of simply speculating on it, as though the liberal Promised Land could descend upon us like the manna from heaven at the wave of an invisible hand [of the market], it is necessary to walk from the future we dare to envisage resolutely back to the present we inhabit to determine what demands achieving such a vision would impose upon us, instead of embellishing the 'here and now' by cynically discounting the future to the [net] value of the present while disparaging, disowning and rewriting the past to unburden ourselves of its troubled legacy, as we continue to frivolously squander its capital to the alluring tunes of the 'sirens who in the marketplace sing to us of the future'. The enabling mechanism for changing our valuing perspectives, Nietzsche tells us, lies dormant in us and it must be unlocked

Participation in risk and reward, as an alternate to conventional risk-transfer finance, is important for achieving the higher ethical objectives of Islamic finance, called maqasid al shariah, and responsible finance in general. That is why participatory finance is advocated as the ideal form of financing and the essence of Islamic banking and finance. The Participatory Islamic Finance: The Ideals, Contemporary Practices, and Innovations presents a holistic view of both theory and practice of participatory models, constraints to its applications, success case studies of the participatory finance from multiple countries, and more importantly the recent innovations in participatory finance products. These new insights makes, the Participatory Islamic Finance: The Ideals, Contemporary Practices, and Innovations is an essential read and guide, for both Islamic finance academics and practitioners. Dr. Muhammad Nouman is currently serving as senior lecturer at the Institute of Business and Management Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan. He has nearly thirteen years of teaching and research experience. He has also served at a Software house as a project manager and HR trainer. In addition, he also has exposure of working at the GPI Fund (pension fund management department) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (a northern province of Pakistan), and a Securities brokerage firm. Nouman has been a part of editorial boards of a number of journals related to Islamic banking and finance, investment management, and corporate finance. Moreover, he is member of apex academic and research committees of several Universities. Dr. Karim Ullah is currently working as Tenured Associate Professor at Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar Pakistan. He has been awarded twice by the Government of Pakistan Higher Education Commission, for being the author of two books on Islamic Finance, which have been declared as the best books of the country for years 2015 and 2017, respectively. He also led a team to won multiple grants included the financial innovation challenge fund of UK Department for International Development and Central Bank of Pakistan, to lead the establishment of Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance. Karim Ullah has nearly 15 years of teaching, research, and consulting experience. He is part of multiple editorial boards of impactful journals related to Islamic finance, do consulting and trainings to financiers, and remain part of apex committees related to the policy and standard developments for Islamic finance in multiple countries.

A welcome and relevant study with an innovate approach, this book provides a sharp insight into processes of business-politics relations within Lithuanian society and does so from a wide perspective. A well-designed research that gives the ability to grasp the depth of the problems and makes a useful reading both for researchers and international policy makers. Laurynas Paktaitis, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania Ainius Laas reveals the world of informal networks and shady arrangements that represent the blind spots of mainstream political science. He guides us through backstage democracy in a theoretically competent and empirically responsible manner. His understanding of informal politics is unique and his conclusions make us hope that the marriage of business and politics does not inevitably result in dirty togetherness. Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford, UK, and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy This book investigates how the actual dynamics of business-state relations work in a democracy and their changes overtime. The focus is limited to one country because access to high-level sources, who are able to openly discuss the nature of the business-politics nexus, cannot be easily replicated. The study is distinctive in a number of ways. First, its focus on politics and business touches upon a number of academic disciplines business sciences, political science, public policy and administration. Second, it is not limited to a static picture of a relatively new democracy, but instead examines the dynamics of change over the last twenty years. As such, it talks to situations in a number of other countries, especially those in Central and Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space. Third, the methodological approach, which combines anonymous interviews, mass media sources, governmental and non-governmental reports, is not very typical and thus provides a relatively fresh perspective on studying such social phenomena. Finally, the study offers original theoretical and analytical frames that can be conveniently applied and tested in other national/regional contexts. Ainius Laas is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. His research focuses on informal political culture and its practices in transitional democracies

"Funny, touching, revealing, here is the view from a rookie cop's patrol car, during midnight shifts, in a (mostly) peaceful town. With a rich cast of characters, this is a classic memoir of the fear, surprises, excitement, embarrassment that comes with a protecting and serving a small community. "When I was twenty-three years old, five months out of college, with a degree in music, and without any idea of what to do with myself, I took a job as a policeman in Wellfleet, Massachusetts," so writes Alec Wilkinson. "Music, huh?" the police chief said during the job interview. "That'll be a big help." Wilkinson's main qualification was familiarity with the town of 2,000 people from summers there growing up. Committing himself to a year wearing a uniform and carrying a gun, and with no training, Wilkinson was sent out to keep the peace, hoping nothing would happen. There are high-speed chases and stopping drunk drivers, one of whom tries to set Wilkinson's hair on fire. There are domestic squabbles. "The first six months were murder for me," Wilkinson's partner confides on his first night. "After that, when I found out the people I thought were my friends weren't really my friends, I felt better off." There is an attempted bank robbery. The teller convinces the robber that his haul ($300) is too much to carry around in cash. The robber is still listening to investment options when the police arrive. Throughout there are conversations with his eight fellow officers who Wilkinson comes to respect and admire. "Nobody ever calls you when they're behaving themselves," one admits. "As a rule, you always get called when people are at their worst. It's sad. It depresses me." The job is often thankless. "Right now I work on the police force," another officer says, "my wife stamps cans in the supermarket, and she makes more money than I do." Midnights is experiential journalism at its most poignant and entertaining-and it launched the career of Alec Wilkinson: writer, interviewer, essayist, and author. This is for any reader looking for insight into the real lives of police officers, outside of large cities, across America. It is also for anyone looking for a marvelously engaging read"--

"Students of public administration, public policy, and nonprofit management require a strong foundation in how government and NGOs are connected with information technology. Whether simplifying internal operations, delivering public-facing services, governing public utilities, or conducting elections, public administrators must understand these technological tools and systems to ensure they remain effective, efficient, and equitable. This innovative textbook is designed for students of public affairs at every level who need to know and understand how technology can be applied in today's public management workplace. The book explores the latest trends in technology, providing real-life examples about the need for policies and procedures to safeguard technology infrastructure while providing greater openness, participation, and transparency. In Technology and Public Management, Second Edition, author Alan Shark informs, engages, and directs students to consider best practices, with new material on emerging tech, data management and analytics, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. This thoroughly updated second edition explores: A broad range of technologies that government, nonprofit partners, and citizens depend upon to deliver important infrastructure, including security, education, public health and personal healthcare, transit and transportation, culture and commerce, to name a few. Growing mistrust in government, and the role technology can play in ameliorating it. Emerging and adapted technologies to help government achieve ambitious goals, including drawing carbon out of the atmosphere, empowering students everywhere to learn effectively at home or at school, improving healthcare, providing affordable housing, enabling agriculture to keep pace with population growth, and improving scores of other public services. The critical insights and management skills needed to argue for investments in information technology as necessary priorities for our public organizations to improve public services and resources. Reader-friendly and jargon-free, this textbook is required reading for students enrolled in public administration and nonprofit management programs, as well as for practicing public administrators looking for a better understanding of how technology may be successfully and responsibly used in public organizations. It is equally valuable as a text for MBA, social work, education, public health, and other degree programs that produce graduates who will work with and within those organizations that deliver public services, broadly defined"--

"Contributing to a better understanding of contemporary issues of environmental sustainability from a historical perspective, this book provides a cohesive and cogent account of the history of ecological economic thought (EET). The work unearths a diverse set of ideas within a Western and Slavic context, from the Renaissance and the Enlightenment to the late 1940s, to reveal insights firmly grounded in historiographical research and of import for addressing current sustainability challenges, not least by means of improving our grasp on how humans and nature can generously coexist in the long term. The history of EET offered in this volume is rich and diverse, encompassing views that are bound by the observance of the tenets of the natural sciences, but which differ significantly in terms of the role of energy and materials to cultural development and the normative aspects involving resource distribution, social ideals and policy-making. Combining the approaches of independent scholarly figures and scientific communities from different historical periods and nationalities, the book brings elements that are still missing in the scarce literature on the history of ecological economic thought and highlights the underlying threads which unite such initiatives. The book brings a fresh look into the historical development of ecological economic ideas and will therefore be of great interest to scholars and students of ecological economics, environmental economics, sustainability science, interdisciplinary studies and history of economic thought. Marco P. Vianna Franco is a postdoctoral fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg, Austria, and holds a PhD in economics from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Cedeplar/UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He works in the fields of ecological economics and history of economic thought with a focus on human-nature relations from the perspectives of political economy, intellectual history, and philosophy of science. Antoine Missemer is a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a member of the International Research Centre on the Environment and Development (CIRED) in Paris, France. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland and the University of Lyon, France. His research mainly deals with the history of environmental, ecological, energy, and natural resource economics"--

This book provides practical guidance on establishing wellbeing services and interventions within policing for all of those working in law enforcement, particularly leaders and HR professionals. It also offers insight, provokes thought, and gives guidance on how to navigate and get the most from working life as a police officer or member of police support staff. With a focus on the modern working environment, the book covers the key concepts, history, and practical advice necessary for all those interested in this fascinating field of law enforcement. As workplaces become ever more complex and ambiguous, and the world of work ever more dynamic, understanding how organizations behave and how those in the workplace are likely to respond is key to bringing meaning and purpose to work, the cornerstone of effective policing. The book details how to effectively measure workplace wellbeing in policing and how to interpret and use findings to make improvements and craft interventions. It is a key text for exploring law enforcement, leadership, and wellbeing within policing for all those involved with law enforcement, as well as HR professionals, occupational health professionals, and critically, those with police line management responsibilities. Ian Hesketh is the Wellbeing Lead at the UK College of Policing and the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the National Police Wellbeing Service in the UK. Ian also supports the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Manchester University Alliance Business School. He is Honorary Fellow at Durham University Business School and a Visiting Fellow at the Open University Business School. His research interests are centred on wellbeing, resilience, and transformation in the context of policing. Sir Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, and Past President of the CIPD, President of the Institute of Welfare, and former President of RELATE. He has been advisor to the Home Office on stress in the police service, carried out studies for the Police Federation and the Superintendents Association and an advisor to the College of Policing on their wellbeing national programme. He is also Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work comprised of 44 global employers.